made an effort to retain him as curate, Bachelot, accompanied by Short, sailed on the Clementina, and landed at the Islands in April. Persecutions were renewed, from which they were relieved by the French and English navigators Petit-Thouars and Belcher. Short sailed in October for Valparaiso, and Bachelot soon departed for the South Sea Islands, dying on the voyage in 1838.[1]
With Governor Figueroa, at the beginning of 1833, there came to California a missionary reënforcement of ten friars. They were Franciscans, all Mexicans by birth, and belonged to the college of Nuestra Señora do Guadalupe de Zacatecas, being called Guadalupanos, or more commonly, Zacatecanos, as the earlier friars had been known as Fernandinos from the name of their college. Immediately after their arrival, that is in February, they were put in charge of the seven missions from San Cárlos northward, their prefect, Francisco García Diego, going to reside at Santa Clara. The Fernandinos of these missions retired to the southern establishments.[2]
- ↑ See full and interesting accounts in Petit-Thouars, Voy., ii. 325-48; Hon. Polynesian, ii. 31, 81, from N. Amer. Review, Oct. 1840. I have obtained much information from an obituary of Bachelot and a collection of documents published by Capt. Sumner in his own defence against the charge of cruelty to the priests en voyage, in Honolulu, S. Isl. Gazette, Oct. 6, Nov. 29, 1833. Autograph letter of P. Short, Mar. 19, 1834. S. Antonio, Doc. Sueltos, MS., 118. Corresp. on the order of expulsion from California. Dept. St. Pap., Ang., MS., xi. 16, 34. Los Angeles, Arch., MS., iv. 269. Bachelot's services desired as curate. Id., iv. 289. Short at Purísima March 1837. Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 77. Proposition to found a school at Monterey — mentioned also by several Californians. Dept. St. Pap., MS., iii. 131-2; Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxi. 9. Short at S. Gabriel on April 16, 1832. Bachelot on various dates from 1832-7. S. Gabriel, Lib. Mision, MS., 16, 39, 59. Short at S. Juan Oct. 1832, and called a member of the 'Sacred Congregation of the Perpetual Worship of the Most Holy Sacrament.' S. Juan B., Lib. Mision, MS., 15. Arrival at Honolulu Apr. 17th; and departure of Short Oct. 30th. Hon., S. I. Gazette, Apr. 22, 1837; Peirce's Rough Sk., MS., 2. Robinson, Life In Cal., 122, and Mofras, Explor., i. 294-5, mention the arrival of the French priests. Alvarado, Hist. Cal., MS., ii. 191-3, tells us that Pres. Duran made their arrival an excuse to call for contributions for the cause of propaganda fide in China and Japan, and that $2,000 were collected.
- ↑ The new-comers were Francisco García Diego, prefect, who went to Sta Clara, succeeding Viader, who left Cal.; José María de Jesus Gonzalez Rubio, S. José, succeeding Duran who went to Sta Bárbara; José María de Jesus Gutierrez, Solano, in place of Fortuni, who went to S. Luis Rey; Rafael de
